SPIN THE WHEEL by Javier Barba Vallejo.

Today it's time to give a GREAT slap on the wrist ...
After the total disappointment of two of my main Heavy Metal idols in the personal field for a bad decision made in the musical field.
And it is that no matter how a staunch fan I may be of my two favorite bands Saxon and Testament when they do a scoundrel like this I think you have to tell it and put people in a situation, just like when I make favorable publications.
I'm talking about the Spin The Wheels project and the recording of the song of the same name in which great musicians of the stature of Biff Byford (Saxon) have come together to record it on the voice and composition of the song, Eric Pettersen (Testament) on guitar. , Jay Jay French (Twisted Sister) on guitar, Hannes Van Dahl (Sabaton) on drums and Celia Nappo (Black Mamba) on bass.

.Due to the circumstances of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the song has been recorded by individual tracks of each musician in his home studios in England, the United States, Sweden and Italy at the request of Metalreels, a website of online casinos inspired by bands of Heavy Metal, let's go crazy .....
Apparently Metalreels has already done other works similar to this with other bands, I have not known this website of On Line casinos until I learned of the collaboration with them from Byford and Pettersen.
The song Spin The Wheels and its video clip is available in streaming on the main digital platforms and will be released in a physical single with three songs, the name of the project Spin The Wheels recorded by these five musicians, The Devil Rides by Demon and March Of The Devil by Black Mamba, will be a limited edition exclusively on the Metalreels website, which can be obtained in the following shameful way.

The fans from all over the world who want this single will have to register on the Metalreels casinos website and put a deposit of 35 Euros that when spent on the game the website will give a notice to allow the single to be sent to their home as a "prize" for having played with them.
It seems to me a very miserable base that musicians of this caliber lend themselves to work with these fucking companies and even lower if possible that the Heavy Metal music press applauds these despicable collaborations instead of having one and the other a minimum of ethics in their professions.

 

 

I had a childhood friend who was a gambler who destroyed his life and those of all the people who loved him after gambling, and ended up committing suicide unhinged.
Online gambling among young people rose alarmingly in this country before 2020 and even more so during the Covid pandemic and confinement, while I continue to see brainwashing ads every day even in early time slots of the different bookmakers and online casinos promoting gambling, these companies must be very powerful that no government is of whatever ideology messes with them.
As a Saxon collector, many times I have come to pay a lot of money for his articles, both official and bottleg, but this time I do not think at all "Follow the Game" never better, recording the single and its video clip with the photo of the cover making me a really cool bottleg, giving this guy ruin projects where it hurts most, in an act that could be justified as "Ethical Piracy".
Very sorry for this unfortunate alliance of artists with companies that exploit the weaknesses created in people.
NOT EVERYTHING IS GOOD ......

Javier Barba Vallejo.